Hood for stoves



(No Model.)

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EDGAR JAMISON SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HOOD FOR STOVES'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,052, datedSeptember 23,1890.

Application filed March'29, 1890. Serial No. 345,832- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR JAMIsoN SMITH, of Kansas City, in the countyof Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hoods for Coal, Wood, and Gasoline Stoves; and I dohereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hoods for coal, wood, andgasoline stoves; and it consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts which will be fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a hood for cooking-stoves ofall kinds to catch and carry away the vapors which arise either from thestove or the articles being cooked, and which is adapted to be foldeddown against the front of the stove-pipe, so as to be entirely out ofthe way when not in use.

Figure l is a front view of a hood embodying my invention and showingthe parts in position; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hood foldedagainst the stove-pipe. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hood, showingit extended. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the hood folded againstthe stove-pipe. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, showingthe hood applied to a vapor-stove. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailsectional view showing the construction of the hooks by means of whichthe hood is hinged to the wings.

A represents an ordinary stove-pipe, to the opposite sides of the lowerends of which are rigidly secured in any suitable manner twosupporting-strips B, which form the rear end of the hood. These stripsproject outward just far enough from the pipe to fit snugly inside ofthe hood C, which is supported loosely thereon.

The hood 0 is made of light, sheet metal or any other suitable material,and is preferably given the shape here shown. Its top portion extendsoutward just far enough to fit over the tops of the twosupporting-strips B, and which has its rear edges bent downward, so asto form suitable hooks D, upon which the hood turns as upon a hinge. Thetwo opposite sides of the hood extend downward any desired distance, andto their lower edges are hinged the folding wings F, which can be turnedup out of the way when no longer needed. When these wings are turneddownward, they nearly reach to the top of the stove, and thus serve tocatch all of the vapors escaping from the article being cooked, or thegases from the fuel being-used in the stove,

to prevent them from escaping into the air of the compartment in whichthe cooking is being done. hood are bent backward, so as to catchagainst the vertical edges of the supporting-strips, and thus formjoints at this point and prevent the hood from being raised at its frontedge above a horizontal position by the adjustable counter-weights G,which are applied to the rearof thehood, as shown. Theseweights consistof weighted rods, which are inserted into suitable pockets formed uponthe top of the hood, and which weights are made adj ustable back andforth in the pockets, so as to just counterbalance the hood, and theseweights extend above the pivotal point D when in a horizontal position,so that when the hood is in a vertical position they will be in front ofthe pivotal point, as shown in Fig. 4, and not only cause it to movesmoothly, but to hold it in position when turned down against the frontof the stove-pipe.

Through the top of the hood is formed an opening, and to this opening isconnected the vertical pipe H, which carries away the vapors and gases,and which may either be connected at its upper end to the stove-pipe orextend directly to the flue without being connected to the pipe. Thispipe H may be rig idly attached at its upper end to the lower end of thepipe L, or it maybe supported and held in its proper position by meansof the plates N, as here shown, which are secured to the said pipe andto the main pipe A. In this pipe is preferably placed a damper, so as toprevent the draft of the stove from being interfered with when the fireis first started. This pipe will always be used in connection with thehood where the hood is applied to a wood or coal cooking-stove; but ifthe hood is to be applied to a vapor-stove this pipe may be dispensedwith as not necessary, as shown in Fig. 5. When the hood is turned Therear edges of the sides of the down, the connection between the hood andthis vapor-pipe is destroyed; but when the hood is returned to positionthe lower end of the vapor-pipe catches over the flange formed upon thetop of the hood, so as to make a joint at this point.

Vhen this hood is to be applied to a vaporstove, a pipe of any suitableconstruction is employed, and is supported upon a pipe or tube J, whichis made conical at both of its ends, and which is placed beside thevaporstove, as shown in Fig. 5. No extra vaporpipe is needed in thiscase, for then an opening is made through the front of the stovepipe A,as shown, and all of the gases and vapors then rise into this opening,which extends as high as the under side of the hood itself.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of thestove-pipe, a separate vapor-pipe extending from the top of the hood,and supporting-strips secured to opposite sides of the stove-pipe, thehood placed upon the supporting-strips and having an opening through itstop to make connection with the vapor-pipe, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of a pipe, the vertical plates which extend laterallyfrom the pipe, a hood hinged at its upper and inner end upon the plates,and an openingin the smokepipe for conveying away the vapors,substantially as described.

3. The combination of apipe, vertical plates which extend laterallytherefrom, a hood having an open rear end which is hinged upon theplates, whereby when the hood is raised the plates close the rear end ofthe hood,and

a connection between the hood and smoke pipe for conveying away thevapors, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a stove-pipe, of a hood loosely connected atits rear end to be turned up or down, and weights connected to the hoodin rear of the said point of connec tion, and a connection between thehood and smoke-pipe for conveying away the vapors, substantially asshown.

5. The combination, with a stove-pipe, of a hood loosely connected atits rear end to be turned up or down, and weights connected to the hoodin front of and above the said point of connection when it is raised,for the purpose described, and a connection between the hood andsmoke-pipe for conveying away the vapors, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR JAMISON SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

F. J. KALE, THOS. IIIoKERsoN.

